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For thousands of years the Kentucky river has sung its ancient song in whispers, gurgles, and at time in furious tirades. It makes a wide sweeping bend at Gratz; and according to the “Owen County 1883 Atlas,” the river collected the waters from two creeks on either side of the town. The names assigned these tributaries were “Clay Lick Creek” and “Lowdenback or Hogs Thief Branch.”

There’s a scar on my shin that tells a story about me that most people don’t know.
It’s the story of how one little girl had only one wish for her adult life -- and that was to be just like her hero.
The scar came about after a trip to my mama’s closet, where I took out a pair of her old high heels. I slipped them on my tiny feet and walked carefully through the house, trying my hardest to be as graceful as mama when she walked through the church doors on Sunday mornings.

They roamed the hills of early Kentucky in great numbers and sightings of their sinewy forms on nightly forays in Owen County have been recorded throughout the years.
Their eerie midnight screams have sent goose bumps scrambling along the arms of even the most brave and family stories of confrontations between man and these fierce predators have been passed down through generations.

Although technology contributed much to the advancements of the 1940s-1960s, it also changed the fabric of rural America.
In the wake of progress, small Owen County communities were forever transformed.
Gratz is nestled amidst the hills of Owen County and is poised along a stretch of the Kentucky River.

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” - Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NIV)
Thank You!
I cannot say those words enough.

The old adage, “April showers bring May flowers” seems to be working. I was lamenting the fact that my forsythia didn’t bloom this year. It seems it always gets colder in this valley.
The trees hadn’t leaved out and it was raining almost every day. Teri came on Thursday to help me clean the basement and set up for the card party, Hand and Foot, on Friday. The sun came out and we had a very nice day.

JoAnn M. Adams-Blackmore, 1974, contempt of court, appointed a public attorney, continued to May 5.
JoAnn Blackmore, contempt of court, appointed public attorney.
JoAnn Adams Blackmore, contempt of court, appointed public attorney continued to May 5.
JoAnn Blackmore, contempt of court, appointed public attorney, May 5.
Randall D. Bolton, 1971, alcohol intoxication in a public place, second-degree disorderly conduct, first-degree assault, resisting arrest, see order.